Customers of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) will experience an increase of Php0.5363 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in their electric bills this April due to higher generation costs. The increase would bring this
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has begun its investigation into the unplanned shutdown of seven power generators that resulted in the Luzon Yellow Alert on Saturday night. Based on a Manila Bulletin
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has released the preliminary prices for the Green Energy Auction Reserve (GEAR) under the government’s Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP). The preliminary GEAR price for solar is
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted a provisional authority for Victorias Milling Company (VMC) to operate its 40-megawatt (MW) biomass co-generation power plant in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. In its disclosure
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is studying the appeal of power generation companies (gencos) to lift the Php6.245 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) secondary price cap (SPC) at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM)
Prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) dropped 13% in February as more power generating units reconnect to the grid, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) said. Power
Consumer welfare group Kuryente.org is calling for the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), National Electrification Administration (NEA), and power generators to work
Solar power can now go up against other dominant energy sources in the Philippines after adding in 1,000 megawatts (MW) to the country’s energy mix more than a decade after the passage
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) categorically refuted and clarified Kuryente.org’s allegations, which Power Philippines published in its online channels, that the utility overcharged its customers at the onset of the COVID-19 lockdowns
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) to resume the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market’s (WESM) operation in Bohol. ERC handed the order to PEMC, WESM’s governing
